Riverside, Conn.–based lingerie trade show Curvexpo hired Xavier Le Borgne as sales manager for the biannual show, which launched last year in Las Vegas and recently added a New York edition to its schedule. French na...

Growing up in Malibu, Calif., with a pair of freespirited parents gave designer Emily Cadenhead a unique perspective on affluent hippie-chic style. “It was a great place to grow up, magical. I had a gr...

San Francisco–based mega-retailer Gap Inc. announced a partnership deal with accessories designer Pierre Hardy for a capsule collection of women’s shoes in U.S. Gap stores. Hardy recently launched his first capsule col...

New York–based department-store retailer Saks Inc. announced plans to open a 150,000-square-foot Saks Fifth Avenue store in the Santa Fe Shopping Center, an upscale development in Mexico City. Similar to Saks ...

The Worth Global Style Network has added two editors to its West Coast office. Tasha Adams joins the international trade forecaster as associate editor. A longtime freelance and staff writer for several consumer and ...

Friday, November 23

The intersection of 12th and Stanford streets in downtown Los Angeles is dusty and cramped with narrow two-lane streets that are overshadowed by tiers of scaffolding from new construction. It’s not pre...

Until recently, Melrose Avenue’s fashion glitz stopped short of the east side of the intersection of Melrose and La Brea avenues in Los Angeles. However, since October, two fashion boutiques have opene...

Little Rock, Ark.–based department store Dillard’s Inc. opened its new Tranquility department featuring yoga-inspired activewear in 25 Dillard’s stores throughout the chain. Some of the yoga, pilates and fitness...

Invista announced plans to build a nitric-acid plant on Jurong Island in Singapore. Nitric acid is one of the components of adipic acid, which the company uses to manufacture nylon, polyurethane and other products. The facto...

Luxury-goods maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA has won a trademark dispute against Sony BMG and MTV Online over a Britney Spears music video that features the pop star driving a Hummer upholstered in pink fabric bearing what...

Even though a significant amount of pattern-making has moved offshore, executives at PAD System Technologies aim to create a new level of interest for domestic pattern design with the launch of a new—...

Los Angeles–based Blue Holdings Inc. has reduced its payroll by $2 million and is in negotiations to modify its partnership with William Adams’ label, Will.i.am, as part of a cost-saving effort to make the blue...

More people are using their credit cards to go shopping on the Web this year. According to ComScore Inc., which tracks Internet sales, e-commerce spending in October rose 19 percent to $10 billion ove...

The Kohl’s Corp., the mid-tier department-store chain based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., has struck a multi-year licensing deal to be the exclusive U.S. retailer of Fila Sport. Kohl’s will collaborate with Fila on appare...

Trade shows are getting a little less wasteful thanks to Eco Systems Displays. The Grand Rapids, Mich.–based company has developed eco-friendly booths and displays made from recycled and sustainable re...

As details of American Apparel's impending acquisition are solidified, the vertically integrated manufacturer and retailer announced plans for a new store concept launch in the United States. On Nov...

The fashionable crowd showed up early and stayed late for the debut of Metropolis—a new event mixing fashion, music and art—held in a loft space in South Los Angeles. The fashion mixed well-known names with up-...

Robertson Boulevard’s next luxury shop will buck the street’s latest trends. Instead of a premium-denim boutique or a national fashion company’s branded shop, the latest tenant on this chic retail street...

For decades, Balboa Peninsula has been a magnet for partying and beach culture in Orange County. Unfortunately for many fashion retailers, shopping has been an afterthought at this laid-back enclave in Newpor...

That the Los Angeles Fashion Market has grown tremendously in recent years is indisputable—and it’s a good bet it will continue to rise in 2008. From fashion shows all over the city to the third annual ...

Beaverton, Ore.–based footwear and athletic-apparel maker Nike Inc. named Bert Hoyt as vice president and general manager of global football (or American soccer). Hoyt has nearly 20 years of experience in th...

The New York–based Warnaco Group Inc. named Janice Sullivan president of the company’s Calvin Klein Jeans division. Sullivan was most recently president of Liz Claiborne Inc.’s NarcisoRodriguez division and spen...

The New York–based Iconix Brand Group has struck a series of licensing deals for its London Fog, Rampage, Ocean Pacific, Joe Boxer, Danskin and Rocawear brands. Plus, the company announced plans to expand its Mossimo...

Mannequin styles change almost as frequently as fashion trends, and when retailers want to get rid of last season’s mannequin, they often call a liquidator such as Mannequin Madness. The Oakland, Cali...

Los Angeles Fashion Week had its share of dramatic moments. From the exquisite gowns that ruled the runway at Kevan Hall’s show to the theatrics of Jeremy Scott, the week showcased the diversity of the...

Federal and local law-enforcement officials arrested a dozen people in the Los Angeles area Nov. 6 for allegedly selling counterfeit clothing, trafficking in narcotics and laundering money to Middle E...

October retail sales grew by an anemic 1.6 percent, according to the New York– based International Council of Shopping Centers. The ICSC and many businesses blamed the month’s tepid performance on hot ...

The North Face, which makes rugged outdoorwear for sports enthusiasts, won a counterfeit case in China after it filed a lawsuit against The Beijing Xiushui Clothing Co., a five-story clothing market t...

Panglobal Brands, a new Los Angeles apparel company launching several juniors and contemporary lines, has named Charles Lesser as its chief financial officer. Lesser comes from Los Angeles–based blue-jeans com...

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced recently it would not self-initiate any apparel investigations of Vietnamese-made clothing imported into the United States. However, the government will conti...

Even though Volcom, a Costa Mesa–based surf brand, had a pretty good third quarter, its stock price dipped sharply after the company predicted fourth-quarter sales may not be as rosy. One of the reasons is tha...

Anchor Blue is experimenting with a new retail concept called La La Land. The chain, based in Ontario, is opening a pop-up store on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade on Nov. 17, stocking affordable but trendy clot...

Claudio Montias made an audacious debut at Milan Fashion Week on Sept. 23. One month later, he and three other Italian designers made something of a repeat performance at South Coast Plaza, the luxury...